Topic: AIF - 3B - 3 LHMGS
3rd LHMGS, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
Roll of Honour
Richard Rowett Pond
Richard Rowett Pond
Service number: 472
Rank: Serjeant
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: POND, Serjt. Richard Rowett, 472. 3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Sqdn. Killed in action 9th Aug., 1916. Age 24. Son of John Thomas Quiller Pond and Emily Maria Pond, of Polperro Farm, Springhurst, Victoria, Australia. B. 87.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Richard Rowett Pond from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 472 |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Springhurst, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 23 |
| Next of kin | Father, J.T.Pond, Springhurst, Victoria |
| Enlistment date | 10 October 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 9th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/14/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 11 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Machine Gun Squadron |
| Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 87), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 180 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Emily POND, Polperro Farm, Springhurst, Victoria, Australia |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHMGS, Roll of Honour, Richard Rowett Pond
